“Every group ought to be fully self-supporting, declining outside contributions.”

While contributions cover each group’s rent and other expenses, the Seventh Tradition is essential at every level of AA service. It is both a privilege and a responsibility for groups and members to ensure that not only their group, but all service levels remain self-supporting. This keeps AA free of outside influences that might divert us from our primary purpose.

In keeping with our 7th Tradition, AA is self-supporting accepting contributions only from AA members and declining outside contributions.